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==Overview==
==Diagnostic Criteria==
Consensus criteria<ref>Bellomo R, Ronco C, Kellum JA, Mehta RL, Palevsky P; Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative workgroup. Acute renal failure - definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group. Crit Care. 2004 Aug;8(4):R204-12. Epub 2004 May 24. PMID 15312219 [http://ccforum.com/content/8/4/R204 Full Text]. [http://ccforum.com/content/8/4/r204/figure/F1 Criteria for ARF (Figure)].</ref><ref>Lameire N, Van Biesen W, Vanholder R. ''Acute renal failure.'' [[The Lancet|Lancet]] 2005;365:417-30. PMID 15680458.</ref> for the diagnosis of ARF are:
* Risk: serum creatinine increased 1.5 times OR urine production of <0.5 ml/kg body weight for 6 hours
* Injury: creatinine 2.0 times OR urine production <0.5 ml/kg for 12 h
* Failure: creatinine 3.0 times OR creatinine >355 μmol/l (with a rise of >44) or urine output below 0.3 ml/kg for 24 h
* Loss: persistent ARF or more than four weeks complete loss of kidney function
==References==
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